Touch of Evil

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

Cast

Charlton Heston

as Ramon Miguel Vargas

Janet Leigh

as Susan 'Susie' Vargas

Orson Welles

as Police Captain Hank Quinlan

Joseph Calleia

as Police Sergeant Pete Menzies

Akim Tamiroff

as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Joanna Moore

as Marcia Linnekar

Ray Collins

as District Attorney Adair

Dennis Weaver

as Mirador Motel Night Manager

Valentin de Vargas

as Pancho

Mort Mills

as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant

Reviews

Wuchak

Welles/Heston B&W cult noir is great on a technical level, but meh as a viewing experience On the Texas border a Mexican detective (Charlton Heston) assists an American investigation into a shocking murder of an American official on the border, but he soon learns that the imposing & slovenly She...

CinemaSerf

We start with a man putting a bomb in a car on the Mexican side of the border. When it explodes on the American side flattening the occupants, the local "Capt. Quinlan" (Orson Welles) decides to make a bit of a cursory investigation - in cahoots with his opposite number "Vargas" (Charlton Heston). W...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**It's not Orson Welles' best work, and there are some problems and wrong choices, but it's still a worthwhile film.** One crime and two totally different men: this sentence almost sums up the entire film. Director Orson Welles is one of those monsters that we are used to having like a “sacred co...

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